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Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, [1] is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The cathedral can trace its origin to the abbey founded in Ely in 672 by St Æthelthryth (also called Etheldreda). The earliest parts of the present building date to 1083, and it was ...
Cathedral city in England Ely Cathedral city Ely Cathedral from the south-east Ely Location within Cambridgeshire Area 69 sq mi (180 km 2) Population 19,200 (2021 census) • Density 278/sq mi (107/km 2) Civil parish Ely District East Cambridgeshire Shire county Cambridgeshire Region East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town ELY Postcode district CB6, CB7 Dialling code ...
Ely (Ely → East Cambridgeshire → Cambridgeshire → Cambridgeshire → East of England → England → United Kingdom) Camera location 52° 23′ 56.6″ N, 0° 15′ 42″ E
Ely Cathedral: Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Anglican Canterbury 1083 1375 1109 163.7 NK NK 21.9 66 52 80 4 Harrison & Harrison Single West tower. Crossing tower is a lantern. Exeter Cathedral: Cathedral Church of St Peter
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now covers the modern ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire (excluding the Soke of Peterborough) and western Norfolk.
Ely, Cambridgeshire, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England Ely Rural District, a former district surrounding Ely, Cambridgeshire on the west and north; Ely Urban District, a former district containing Ely and some surrounding areas; Isle of Ely, a historic region and former county around the city of Ely; Diocese of Ely, a Church of ...
St Mary's Church is a church in Ely, Cambridgeshire, located near Ely Cathedral to the west of the Bishop's Palace. [2] Principally constructed in the 13th century, it was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1950. [3] Sextry Barn, which stood immediately to the west of the churchyard, was a large 13th-century tithe barn. It was ...
1648 map by J Blaeu of Cambridgeshire with the Isle of Ely. Until the 17th century, the area was an island surrounded by a large area of fenland, a type of swamp.It was coveted as an area easy to defend, and was controlled in the very early medieval period by the Gyrwas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe.